Magnetic field investigation of the Venus plasma environment: Expected new results from Venus Express |
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| Institution: | 1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States;2. Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology (CRESST II), Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States |
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| Abstract: | The Venus Express mission is scheduled for launch in 2005. Among many other instruments, it carries a magnetometer to investigate the Venus plasma environment. Although Venus has no intrinsic magnetic moment, magnetic field measurements are essential in studying the solar wind interaction with Venus. Our current understanding of the solar wind interaction with Venus is mainly from the long lasting Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) observations. In this paper, we briefly describe the magnetic field experiment of the Venus Express mission. We compare Venus Express mission with PVO mission with respect to the solar wind interaction with Venus. Then we discuss what we will achieve with the upcoming Venus Express mission. |
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